Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 29 December 1908 — Page 1
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BreencastCe MeraCd
VOL. 8. NO. 28:1.
GREKNCASTLB, INDIANA, TI KSDAV, DKt'KHItKK 29, ItHtK.
1 Ruin or snow Wednesday; voider Wednesday.
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SURPRISE FOR A. E. HARRIS JOE FRIEND LOSES CASH
Members ot the < hristinn t.liureh yimL Him l ueonseious I’pon Sunday Seltool, of Which he is Su- „„ . .. .. . . . ‘ i’he Eloor and One lliindretl and
lierintendent, uo lo His Home l.ast \isthi and Have a Merry Time.
Twcnly-Eour Hollars \re Missing.
HE .SOON IS TO LEAVE TOWN SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN DOPED
i^iist evening at the home of A. E. Harris, corner of Bloomington and Seminary Streets, there was a happy gathering. The Bible school teachers and ©Ulcers of the Christian church had planned a little surprise for Mr. •Harris, the Sunday School Superintendent, who soon is to leave Greencastle. Accordingly they met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Meltzer and marched out to the Harris home in a body. Without much ceremony they walked into the home to the bewilderment of all except the good wife who had been given a “tip.” Mr. Harris is the Superintendent of the Bible school of this church and his friends desired to express their appreciation of his work. Many kind words were spoken. Delightful refreshments were served and a good time in general was had. The pastor of the church on behalf of the many friends presented the faithful superintendent with a tine i-.iide. Mr. Harris iet,ponded in an earnest plea for the members of the Christian Church to all be in the Bible school next Sunday morning, .inlues Vermilion and W. L. Denman made happy speeches exhorting ever.'body to mftke ready for the “Brazil Battle" in which the school is about to engage.
Joe Friend is short some $120 in cash and the way he became separated from the money is shrouded in mystery. Mr. Friend is not able to give any account of the affair, and what is now known of the matter h, largely supposition. Monday Friend drew $ 1 2 I from the bank. l.ast night lie was up town till about nine o'clock. This morning Dr. Tucker was summoned to bis home and found him lying upon liis face in the kitchen, semiconscious, and capable only of telling that tile money wa gone. Hi Tucker Is of the opinion that Friend had been doped. Whether the money was taken from him, or whether, tinder the influence of the drug he wandered about and lost it is not known. This afternoon Friend is better, but is still unable to give any coherent account of what happened.
BOYS BREAK STREET LIGHT
Brought Before (lie .luvcnilc Court They Drove it Was an Accident \iul Ire Allowed to Go Free.
•> v •> •> •> •>•> •> •> •> •> •> ❖ ❖ ❖ MARRIAGE LICENSES ❖ * Frank F Travis and Minnie A. Bowen. Elmer Calloway and Minnie A. Seward. Arthur C. J. Chittick and Georgianu Grace O’Dell.
Hassell Miles and Henry Mat b, two small colored hoys were before the Juvenile Court this morning charged with breaking the arc light at the corner of Howard and Crown Streets. The boys declared that the breaking of the lamp was an accident. They had been playing ball under the lamp and struck it accidentally. The judge ordered that, the boys pay for the lamp, but the Electric IJght Company said that ibis was not necessary. All the company asked was that the boys refrain I'rom playing bull in the vicinity of the street lamps. They were allowed lo go with a warning to he more care fill.
The Opportunity j J ■ I Don’t Often Occur j | To Buy a FURCOATi At the Manufurer’s (?ost Or Less
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Last week we had six Coats ; sent us by the maker on apI proval to he held until the mid1 die of the week. They are worth from $60.00 to $150.00. Look at j them for $50.00, $55.00and $65.00 I each. During this week we offer I j Neck Pieces separate and Muffs j ! separate or in sets, at much less j 1 than worth. A few separate I Muffs and sets for children, j Nothing so pleasing for a child, j These four days you can have j any Pur Piece for less than value.
ALLEN BROS.
The ABC and XY 1L of ADVERTISING
THE MERCHANTS' PLATFORM
Brief Synopsis of the Bill for ITiiform Account ing for Counties, Townships and Cities to lie Crcsented at Next Meeting of the Legislature.
to public officers. No. 7. Forbid public officers profiting from public contracts. No. 8. Require county officers to keep a public fee book. No. 9. Require sheriff's to feed prisoners at actual cost. No. 10. Require the State Auditor to audit the school funds. No. 11. Compel the collection of fines and forfeitures due to the school fund.
SMOKED RRIDEGROOM OUT
Marriage of One of the Red Men Of-Ih-crs Caused Members of the Lodge to Surprise Him at His Home on Crown Street Last Night —He Refused to Admit Them.
A SEKIESOH TEN TALKS ON ADVenmiNU O written by Seymour E.ton of PhilaJelpbla IN O. O The owner of a retail hat store writes me to ask
how to advertise hats.
I don’t know. I haven't thought much about hats. 1 en to one I should do something revolutionary; perhaps advertise to buy the customer's old hat. As a rule he is glad to get rid of it. Of course that would cut the profit in two, but then the sales would multiply by ten, or perhaps by fifty, and the store would get
HAS MANY GOOD FEATURES
One of the first hills that will bo introduced in the coming session of the Indiana Legislature will be the one known as the “Uniform Accounting Bill.” Tliis is a non-partisan measure originating among the business men of Indianapolis and taken up by business men all over the state. The committee that has had the drawing of the platform in hand makes the following statement regarding it:
No. 12. Put the prosecuting attorney and his deputies on salary. No. 12. Compel the payment of till fees into the public treasury. No. 14. Require the courts to be responsible for the drawing of jurors No. ir>. Require preliminary oxamlnaticn of jurors tor special venires. No. it:. Authorize grand jurors lo make a presentment to the Governor when conditions warrant and require the Governor to institute special iniistlgation and prosecution in such •uses and to present the facts to the 'egislature.
OLD TROUSERS SOLVED PROBLEM
The marriage of Elmer Calloway 'yesterday occasioned the members of . the Red Men, of which lodge he is 1 an officer, going to his home after lodge meeting last night to serenade him. Mr. Calloway lives on Crown Street. When his fellow lodge men arrived it the home and began their ser‘ttride the bridegroom refused to
talked about.
Perhaps I wouldn't do that at all. I make the suggestion simply to let this hat dealer know that if I owned his store I should get up and shake myself; make some sort of a noise; not stand around behind the counter leaning on everything, waiting for a customer who is six blocks away on the other side of the street going north to change his mind, come back, cross over, and by mere chance in his hurry notice that I have hats in my window. Tell a hundred thousand men who wear hats and who buy two hundred thousand hats a year that you have the goods; the kind they are looking for. If that doesn't wake them up then give away a hat-band and a necktie and a pair of gloves; cram the hats full of ham sandwiches ; do something. Your business is to sell hats, not store them. I have no patience with the retail dealer who depends on the sidewalk and the weather for his trade. But it isn't necessary to be sensational; simply make readable news of your advertising. It is the business of the newspapers to distribute news and if I want a moderate priced stylish hat your advertising is ten times more interesting to me than the Associated Press dispatch that some galoot in Oklahoma or Texas hanged himself.
Modern business methods control the conduct of public business in Federal offices. The admirable results of such methods iu securing honesty and efficiency in the conduct of public business show conclusively the value of modern business system for county, township and city offices. These should be lixed by law a business system and an honest standard which will make Irregularity and dishonesty in those offices as difficult as possible, and which will make the detection of either easy and certain. The details of the system should be worked out in the office of tin* State Auditor, and the system should be inaugurated and the working of the system supervised from that office.
TEACHERS TO INSTITUTE
’iituum t’oiinty Pedagogues Leave For Indianapolis to Fujoy the Annual State Meeting.
PROFESSOR KLEINSMIO SPEAKS
The r.r.th annual convention of the 'ndiuna State Teachers' Association ncets in Indianupolis today. A tinnier of Greencastle and Putnam Coun-
vpen the door or give any signs of t©cognizing his tormentors. Finally 'me of the visitors found a pair of dd pants hanging in the woodhouse. Climbing to the roof of the house he jammed the pants in the chimney. Tlie smoke, which hitherto had etn going out of the chimney, then lilt'd Git* house and the bridegroom was forced to open up and receive is visitors.
ASK GREENCASTLE ENDORSEMENT
Imliuun|iolis Mcreliunts Hesire That Our Merchants’ Association \id in Pushing the I 11 iform Accounting
Tlie various reforms and changes pro|«xsed in the bill are as follows; Plank No. 1. Provide a uniform tiysteni of county, township and city accounts, and centralize their supervision in the State Auditor. No. 2. Require the Governor to make stated examinations of the books of every county, township and city office. No. 3. Require the county auditor to audit before making settlements. No. 4. Pay the county commissioners appropriate salaries and require them to give bonds. No. f>. Require the county auditor to give an adequate bond No. t>. Out off extra allowances
t> teachers are in attendance. Tlie .irogruni of tlie General Association is especially Interesting this year, and many of the special sections have excellent programs. Professor R. B. vonKleinsmid of DePauw University is the only representative from tliis county upon the program. Prof. Kieinsmid is president of the Institute Instructors Section, and delivered his inaugural address this morning at ten o'clock, speaking twenty minutes. The County Superintendents section also im-ctsi today and Superintendent Oscar Thomas is in utteudance at the meeting. Prof. Woody led tlie delegation from Greencastle.
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Elam Denny today received a letter from the Merchants’ Associations >f Indianapolis asking that the Merchants' Association of Greencastle endorse the uniform accounting plan that is being put forward by the merchants of the state. The executive committee of the local association will he called together to consider the advisability of taking any Action iu the matter. There is a movement on foot to secure tlie united action of all the merchants of the rtate. The proposed bill will receive thorough consideration here.
Good advertising is news. Print this on the ceiling over your bed so that you will read it first thing every morning when you wake up. Keep your eye on fashion. Fashion is today the biggest influence in the world; not necessarily the best influence; but the 1 iggest. We don't control fashion; fashion controls us. It always conies down the pike with a whirl. When the storm breaks haul in your advertising canvas and stop buying. Fashion hurricanes are short-lived.
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THREE KILLED IN WRECK
Rig Four Freight Trains Crash Together Near Cartilage, Hid., And Tuo Firemen and One Engineer Arc Head—Trains Met Head-on.
Cartilage, Ind., Dec. 29.— (Special to The Herald.)—As the result of a licadon collision between two Big Four freight trains near here this morning, two firemen and one enginecr are dead and the second engineer is badly Injured. It is said that the wreck was due to disregarded orders. The northbound train passed Carthage ahead of schedule and that crew is blamed. The accident was at 2:30 o’clock this morning. It was one and a half miles north of Carthage.
The dead:
Charles Fisk, engineer, Wabash; Raniley, fireman, Wabash; Hay Anson, fireman, Greensburg. The Injured: I John Myers, engineer, Wabash,
badly scalded; E. VV. Wilson, brakeman, North Vernon, badly bruised.
QUIG6 & COOK SELL OUT
.1. T. Boyd, the Real KsUite Man, Purchases Hie Hid Evans Grocery Store and Will Conduct the Business Kroin Now On—Are Invoicing The Stock Today.
Quigg & Cook have sold their grocery stock to J. T. Boyd, the real estate dealer. Mr. Boyd will have IHJKsession of the store when it opens tomorrow. Today the store is closed for invoice. Tlie store is the one recently sold by T. E. Evans to Qnigg & Cook.
Tlie regular meeting of Greencastle Aerie, No. 1753, will meet this week on Wednesday evening, December 30. 2t
1 OFF 3 on all Cloakis This is the Season when you get Bargains in Cloaks. We are selling the Season’s Best Styles and duality Cloaks at SS a per cent less than they have been priced before this season. Now is the time to buy.
FURS The same thing is true of our Furs. Come in and see them—and then take them home at Thirty=three and one=third cents off. I VERMILION’S □ —